Contents:

ch 1 Genetics: The Study of Biological Information

Part 1 Basic Principles: How Traits Are Transmitted
ch 2 Mendel's Principles of Heredity
ch 3 Extensions to Mendel's Law
ch 4 The Chromosome Theory of Inheritance
ch 5 Linkage, Recombination, and the Mapping of Genes on Chromosomes

Part 2 What Genes Are and What They Do
ch 6 DNA Structure, Replication, and Recombination
ch 7 Anatomy and Function of a Gene: Dissection Through Mutation
ch 8 Gene Expression: The Flow of Information from DNa to RNA to Protein

Part 3 Analysis of Genetic Information
ch 9 Digital Analysis of DNa
ch 10 Genomes and Proteomes
ch 11 Genome-Wide Variation and Trait Analysis

Part 4 How Genes Travel on Chromosomes
ch 12 The Eukaryotic Chromosome
ch 13 Chromosomal Rearrangements and Changes in Chromosome Number
ch 14 Prokaryotic and Organelle Genetics

Part 5 How Genes Are Regulated
ch 15 Gene Regulation in Prokaryotes
ch 16 Gene Regulation in Eukaryotes
ch 17 Somatic Mutation and the Genetics of Cancer
cj 18 Using Genetics to Study Development

Part 6 Beyond the Individual Gene and Genome
ch 19 Variation and Selection in Populations
ch 20 Evolution at the Molecular Level
ch 21 Systems Biology and the Future of Medicine